Indian Sculpture and Painting, Illustrated by Typical Masterpieces, with an Explanation of their Motives and Ideals c12.169

c12.169

It is true that we have founded Colleges of Engineering, and that Indian universities give engineering diplomas which enable Indians who have passed the prescribed tests to practise the profession of an architect and designer without any architectural or artistic training. It must also be said that we have established four schools of art for a population of 300,000,000, in which students who have failed to qualify for Government employment through the University may learn the theory and practice of the fine arts as they are taught in London and Paris. But these are only samples of those administrative make-believes which are infinitely more harmful in their influence than a policy of absolute *laissez-faire*.